Example Sentences
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During a session on Iran's record, Bahreini urged the UN's top rights body to instead discuss the Iranian cultural heritage under "indiscriminate" attack and "the innocent children massacred at their school desks".
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Then the Virgin Mary, in a voice brimming with anguish and outrage, memorializes the student protesters who were massacred by Mexican armed forces in 1968.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024
Richard said: "To get even one goal was a surprise, that was a delight. I think I will wake up in a minute and we will be getting massacred 7-0."
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2024
“They massacred our forest,” Nejla Isik, from the Ikizkoy Environment Committee, said at a meeting with lawyers reported by the Duvar newspaper.
From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2023
There was a battle at Bunker Hill where the Patriots massacred the British troops before they were driven off, and the Rebels also took Fort Ticonderoga without much of a fight.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
